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I’d be surprise if Apple fielded AirTags without any way to update their firmware. I doubt it would be automatic though, you’d have to push an update to them fr
by sgerenser 5y ago
I’d be surprise if Apple fielded AirTags without any way to update their firmware. I doubt it would be automatic though, you’d have to push an update to them from an iDevice.
- tyingq 5y agoIt would have to be automatic for it to be used to kill off "fake AirTags". Unless Apple is willing to take the hit of all the complaining.
- meepmorp 5y agoWhy couldn't they update the firmware automatically? They already do that with AirPods, iirc.
- tyingq 5y agoIt's a much cheaper device than Airpods, harder to manage battery life, and there's not yet evidence that they can update them automatically. As far as I can tell, competitor products (Tile, for example) don't update firmware automatically...it's a user-initiated thing.
- ALittleLight 5y agoThen you'd have the problem of new air tags not working until they'd been updated. It's something of a minor problem, but unless people actually misuse this enough to be a worse problem, I don't see why Apple would update to disable this.
- floatingatoll 5y agoWhen doesn’t Apple “take the hit” of complaints?
- tinus_hn 5y agoAirTags start beeping if they are removed from the associated device for more than a few days, so there is plenty of opportunity to update them.